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Sebastian Faulkes - Birdsong?

Not necessarily scary but a book that creeped me out was Audrey Niffeneggers 'Her Fearful Symmetry' .......

Thanks everyone, some of those suggestions are fab, have ordered some from the library and some from Amazon for his birthday next week, thank you!!!!

I was just thinking that the other day, I read a fair amount and compared to family and friends my dreams are definitely more wierd and wonderful, and particularly since I moved into the fantasy genre. I have a rubbish memory in general but can describe many dreams past and present with accuracy. I also regularly revisit old dreams and continue them, very strange .... Maybe a study needs to be done ...

Tess Gerritsens The Surgeon or Sebastian Faulkes Human Traces....

I am a young girl taking up a post at a seedy hotel in a small french town in the mid 1930's....

My fave was made and laminated for me by my daughter, with I Love You on it, and cute ribbon that the kitten keeps attacking!!

Thanks Chrissy, Linda Gillard looks right up my street, another book for my Amazon wish list, thankfully I have a birthday next month!

Sebastian Faulkes is a classic love it/hate it for me. Absolutely love Birdsong and Human Traces and have read more than once. Charlotte Gray I have tried a few times but give up every time as it is sooo dull, also couldn't get Engleby but gave up quicker!

I recently read "The Thirteenth Tale" by Diane Setterfield, not quite Kate Morton but I was impressed by it. You could also try "The Villa In Italy" by Elizabeth Edmondson.

Thanks everybody, have been away for a few days and was surprised to see so many replies on my return. I will get on to Amazon tonight to look them all up, thanks again!

Hi, my son is very into the whole war thing, playing Call of Duty on the PS3 with his Dad etc. Whilst I try and balance this with talking to him about what war is really about and encouraging him to watch documentaries he is desperate to read Chris Ryan style books. I have read the blurb on a couple of them and it worries me that they glorify war a little too much and also contain sex scenes that are definitely not appropriate to his age. Does anyone know of any more appropriate books that he could read, that are still exciting , but are a little more realistic? Any help is very much appreciated - he is a good reader but can be a bit reluctant at times unless he has something that really grabs him...